J P Smith

J.P. Smith was born in New York City, raised five minutes from the Bronx, and educated in Westchester. He began his writing career in London, where his first novel, The Man from Marseille, was published, then optioned for a film. He's also the author of The Blue Hour, Body and Soul, Breathless, and The Discovery of Light, which won the Barnes and Noble Discover Award. Smith is a regular contributor to The Nervous Breakdown and The Millions. His screenplay, Chasing Daylight, was a...See more

J.P. Smith was born in New York City, raised five minutes from the Bronx, and educated in Westchester. He began his writing career in London, where his first novel, The Man from Marseille, was published, then optioned for a film. He's also the author of The Blue Hour, Body and Soul, Breathless, and The Discovery of Light, which won the Barnes and Noble Discover Award. Smith is a regular contributor to The Nervous Breakdown and The Millions. His screenplay, Chasing Daylight, was a quarterfinalist for the Nicholl Fellowship. His latest script, The Memory Thief, is currently in pre-production. Airtight is the first novel he's written that comes directly from his life ? or at least the germ of it can be located there. See less